The Future of Social Security Benefits

Social Secu­rity ben­e­fits date back to 1935, when then Pres­i­dent Franklin D. Roo­sevelt imple­mented the Social Secu­rity Act to help pro­vide retired Amer­i­can work­ers with a fixed income after their work­ing years ended. Since then, all work­ing Amer­i­cans have been taxed on earn­ings and have paid into the Social Secu­rity Sys­tem with the expec­ta­tion that […]

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